Abstract

An efficient simulation technique is proposed for computing propagation of uniformly polarized statistically stationary fields in linear nonimage-forming systems that includes dispersion of linear birefringence to all orders. The method is based on the discrete-time Fourier transformation of modified frequency profiles of the spectral Stokes parameters. It works under the condition that all (linearly) birefringent sections present in the system are described by the same phase birefringence dispersion curve, being a monotonic function of the optical frequency within the bandwidth of the light. We demonstrate the technique as a supplement for the Mueller–Stokes matrix formalism extended to any uniformly polarized polychromatic illumination. Accuracy of its numerical implementation has been verified by using parameters of a Lyot depolarizer made of a highly birefringent and dispersive monomode photonic crystal fiber.

E. I. Alekseev and E. N. Bazarov, “Theoretical basis of the method for reducing drift of the zero level of the output signal of a fiber-optic gyroscope with the aid of a Lyot depolarizer,” Sov. J. Quantum Electron. 22, 834–839 (1992).
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E. I. Alekseev and E. N. Bazarov, “Theoretical basis of the method for reducing drift of the zero level of the output signal of a fiber-optic gyroscope with the aid of a Lyot depolarizer,” Sov. J. Quantum Electron. 22, 834–839 (1992).
[CrossRef]

E. I. Alekseev and E. N. Bazarov, “Theoretical basis of the method for reducing drift of the zero level of the output signal of a fiber-optic gyroscope with the aid of a Lyot depolarizer,” Sov. J. Quantum Electron. 22, 834–839 (1992).
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Pure Appl. Opt.

Sov. J. Quantum Electron.

E. I. Alekseev and E. N. Bazarov, “Theoretical basis of the method for reducing drift of the zero level of the output signal of a fiber-optic gyroscope with the aid of a Lyot depolarizer,” Sov. J. Quantum Electron. 22, 834–839 (1992).
[CrossRef]

E. I. Alekseev and E. N. Bazarov, “Theoretical basis of the method for reducing drift of the zero level of the output signal of a fiber-optic gyroscope with the aid of a Lyot depolarizer,” Sov. J. Quantum Electron. 22, 834–839 (1992).
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